CVE-2016-1541

Publication date 7 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libarchive	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libarchive	Upstream: d0331e8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2981-1
libarchive vulnerabilities
17 May 2016